UPDATED – Streaming Video: 3 Police Officers Dead in Baton Rouge – No Active Shooters Now
One Suspect DeadÂ
Three police officers from the Baton Rouge Police Department and the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana responding to reports of a “suspicious person walking down Airline Highway with an assault rifle” were shot dead late Sunday morning, according to CNN and other reports.Â
The #BatonRouge, Louisiana shooting comes roughly 10 days since the Dallas shooting https://t.co/LyKgkW1pLi https://t.co/hfgDKecFvs
— CNN (@CNN) July 17, 2016
Initial reports stated seven other people were shot, but that number has been lowered to three. The degree of their injuries is not yet known.
The number of shooters is unclear, there may be one or more, and it’s unclear if they have been caught.
Local Rep. Edward James on MSNBC at 12:16 PM EDT stated there may be as many as three shooters, and possibly four officers dead, but MSNBC’s Ari Melber stressed that is unconfirmed.
UPDATE I: 12:33 PM EDT –
AP reports one shooter is dead, 3 injured. Still developing.
BREAKING: Authorities in Louisiana say 3 law enforcement officers dead, 3 injured in Baton Rouge; one suspect dead.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 17, 2016
UPDATE II: 12:40 PM EDT –
Federal ATF officials are already on the scene.
Sheriff’s Office released this statement, confirms they believe “two others may be at large.”
#BatonRouge Update: 3 officers dead, 3 injured, 1 suspect dead, possibly 2 others at large pic.twitter.com/p1hhdpgsZ6
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 17, 2016
UPDATE III: 12:49 PM EDT –
CBS News reports officers are now in a standoff with another one of the suspects:
JUST IN: Baton Rouge police are in a standoff situation with suspect at an unknown location https://t.co/9ELwtvppso https://t.co/KiXqgMxNzT
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 17, 2016
UPDATE IV: 1:01 PM EDT –
Local WAFB-TVÂ Baton Rouge reporter:
reports of shots fired at the Cortana Mall parking lot @WAFB
— Kiran Chawla (@Kiran_WAFB) July 17, 2016
UPDATE V: 4:23 PM EDT –
Breaking: ‘No Active Shooter’ in Baton Rouge, Police Now Say After 3 Officers Shot, Killed
Watch Live: President Barack Obama to Speak on Shooting of Baton Rouge Police Officers
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